Improvement in neck-ties



'UNITED' STATES PATENT FFICE.

OTTO KUEPPERS, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN NECK-Tiras.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 148,221, dated March 3, 1874; application filed J anuary- 9, 1874.

To alt whom it may concern: l

Be it known that I, OTTO Kunrrnns, of the city and county of Philadelphia and State ot' Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Neck-Ties; and I do hereby declare` the following to be a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable those skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing forming part of this specification, in which drawing- Figure l represents a rear view of a scarf constructed according to my invention. Fig.

' 2 is a similar view of a bow made according to my invention.

The remaining figures are details, which will be referred to as the descriptionprogresses. t

Similar letters indicate corresponding parts. This invention consists in a neck-tie, the several folds, seams, or parts of which are connected together by metallic clasps, in such aplaces, according to the form of the article to be produced. Then I fold the silk, satin, or other material from which the neck-tie is to be made, over the same, and, after .passing the points ot' the clasps through this material, I clinch said points, and thereby the lining and the covering material become iirmly united.

Said clasps may also be used to hold the overlapping' edgesoi the covering material in position, as shown in Fig; or said overlap-- ping edges may befastened'together by separate clasps, as shown in Fig. 5. These retaining-clasps may be concealed in the inside of the covering material, as shown in Fio. 7.

For cheap articles, where the covering material does not inclose the lining completely, the covering material and the lining are fastened together by clasps, as Ashown in Fig. 8.

NVhen a shield, B, is to be used in thenecku tie, the neck-tie proper, after being completed` in the manner above described, is secured to said shields by means of clasps, in the manner shown in Fig. 2, and by this method of fastening a rm, durable, and cheap connectionis eii'ected.

When the shield is to be partially or wholly covered with silk, satin, or other suitable material, Ilfasten the covering material by means ot' clasps, as shown in Figs. 9 and 10, where Fig. 9 shows a shield completely covered, and Fig. l0 a shield partially covered.

By means of theseclasps I ain enabled to manufacture neck-ties ata comparatively small cost, since the labor of inserting and clinchlng the clasps can be performed by boys or girls having but little practice, while in the ordinary method otmanufacturing necleties practiced hands are required for vthe purpose of sewing the parts and seams together. And,

beside this, by my method of fastening the theseams of which are united together by the metal lclasps c inthe m anner herein shown and described, for the purpose specied;

l OTT() KUEPPERS. Witnesses; W. HAUFF, l

y E. F. KASTENHUBER. v 

